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Random House Author Lauren Wilkinson Honored as Agent of Change by Girls Write Now via Facebook Live (5/1)

In the third episode of Girls Write Now Live, featuring genre and medium bending work from the next generation of women writers, Lauren Wilkinson, author of the debut novel, AMERICAN SPY (Random House), is recognized as an Agent of Change honoree, amplifying diverse voices. The event will be emceed by Joanne Ramos, author of THE FARM (Random House), and streamed via Facebook Live on Friday, May 1, at 6:00pm (ET).

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Your Daily Guide to PRH’s Virtual Events: Share on Social!

Connecting readers with our books and authors during the coronavirus outbreak and this period of social distancing is more important than ever. Across Penguin Random House, we are hosting a variety of virtual events each day, and now you can help promote them. You can share the day’s complete calendar or your favorite individual listings via the share button, which will allow you to directly deliver all the relevant event information to your social network. Continue reading →

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How Amy Klein’s THE TRYING GAME Can Help Anyone on the Fertility Journey

Author Amy Klein has written a comprehensive guide “for anyone – single, coupled, gay, straight, transgender — experiencing fertility trouble.” THE TRYING GAME: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind, published by Ballantine Books, is empowering, compassionate, and down-to-earth, showing interested readers what to expect when they’re not expecting, with heart and humanity when they need it the most.

In this Behind the Pages Igloo interview, Klein talks about what inspired her to transform her on experiences with infertility into a book; the process of researching, writing, and working with her editor; and what elements she thinks will resonate most strongly with readers. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: The Jazz Age

“We couldn’t go on indefinitely being swept off our feet.” ― Zelda Fitzgerald

We cannot let April close without celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month! After all, our lives are full of improvisation lately and music is nothing if not a healing art. The Smithsonian launched Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in 2001 to pay tribute to jazz both as a historic and living American art form. Our riff on the theme is based on current nostalgia for the roaring twenties as people compare what it might be like once we safely resume our normal (or close to normal) social lives. So we invite you to re-enter the Jazz Age through the following nonfiction titles and classic novels: Continue reading →

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Max Brallier to Read from New THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH Book via Instagram Live (4/30)

Max Brallier, author of THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH: June’s Wild Flight (Viking Books for Young Readers), will participate in an Indigo Books virtual event via Instagram Live on Thursday, April 30 at 3:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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C Pam Zhang In Conversation with Jacqueline Woodson via Instagram and Twitter (4/30)

C Pam Zhang , author of HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD (Riverhead), will be in conversation with Jacqueline Woodson, author of such titles as the National Book Award-winning BROWN GIRL DREAMING (Nancy Paulsen Books), at a virtual event co-hosted by Belletrist & Midtown Scholar Bookstore via Instagram and Twitter on Thursday, April 30 at 4:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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RH Virtual Happy Hour with Jon Bonné on THE NEW WINE RULES via Instagram (4/30)

Random House Virtual Events presents a Happy Hour with Jon Bonné, author of THE NEW WINE RULES (Ten Speed Press), via Instagram on Thursday, April 30 at 4:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Esther Safran Foer and Keith Gessen Hold a Virtual Conversation via Zoom (4/30)

Co-presented by the Jewish Book Council, the Jewish Museum, and Tablet Magazine, Esther Safran Foer, author of I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE’RE STILL HERE: A Post-Holocaust Memoir (Tim Duggan Books), and Keith Gessen, author of A TERRIBLE COUNTRY (Penguin Books), are featured in a virtual conversation with Stephanie Butnick of Tablet Magazine via Zoom on Thursday, April 30 at 7:00pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Free Library of Philadelphia Virtual Event, with Samantha Irby and Jia Tolentino Talking via Crowdcast (4/30)

Samantha Irby, author of WOW, NO THANK YOU. (Vintage), an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, and Jia Tolentino, author of TRICK MIRROR (Random House), a NYT bestseller and a finalist for the PEN/Diamond-Spieelvogel Award for the Art of the Essay, are having a conversation at a Free Library of Philadelphia virtual event via Crowdcast on Thursday, April 30, at 7:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

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Frances Cha Shares Her Writer’s Routine for the Creation of Her Debut Novel via Instagram (4/30)

In this Random House Writer’s Routine virtual event, Frances Cha, author of IF I HAD YOUR FACE (Ballantine Books), discusses how she was able to bring Seoul to life via Instagram on Thursday, April 30 at 7:30pm (ET). Continue reading →

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